Ukraine is preparing to prosecute Russia’s crimes against humanity
The courtroom adjudicator stood up abruptly to interrupt a Ukrainian lawyer as he rapidly ran through the lengthy indictment of a Russian occupation official. A hundred Ukrainian lawyers, alongside British instructors and diplomats, adjusted their headsets, trying to follow the torrent of translated legal argument. 'I ask you again, please, to slow down,' the female adjudicator said. 'If you keep speaking at these speeds, the translation team won’t make it to the end of the day.' The Ukrainian prosecutor nodded, adjusted his glasses, and returned to the indictment. Henadii Ivanovych Yazov, the First Deputy Governor of the occupied Kherson Oblast, stood accused of helping implement the Russian-imposed policy of coercing and deporting the occupied territory's local population.
